Example from "sensible-terminal(1)":
.\" -*- nroff -*-
.TH SENSIBLE-TERMINAL-EMULATOR 1 "28 Aug 2022" "Debian"
.SH NAME
sensible-terminal-emulator \- sensible terminal emulator
-.-.
With "/usr/bin/man --version": man 2.11.2
Output from "env MANWIDTH=80 /usr/bin/man -l example":
grotty::():9: w
On 7/22/23, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> The text "SENSIBLE-TERMINAL-EMULATOR" is output twice in the header,
You've been seeing this for decades and have never noticed it, because
most Unix commands are short and the repetition is unobtrusive. Try
"man ls", "man grep", "man ssh", "man ascii"
At 2023-07-22T19:21:39+, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> The text "SENSIBLE-TERMINAL-EMULATOR" is output twice in the header,
> is once not enough and why? (Is this necessary(?))
It's tradition. See attachment.
Also see groff's PROBLEMS file.
* I don't like the page headers and footers p
* On 2023 22 Jul 14:22 -0500, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> The text "SENSIBLE-TERMINAL-EMULATOR" is output twice in the header,
> is once not enough and why? (Is this necessary(?))
On a terminal or PDF form read on a monitor, once is certainly enough.
My limited understanding of manual pages
